Daily Links Jun 7

It’s past time to leave neo-liberalism behind and look for new economic models to deliver on the policy that allows us to be a country in which we’d like to live. It ain’t that now and the progressive ideas we want to see implemented are in the freezer for three years. This time has to be spent developing our version of the ‘Green New Deal’. I don’t think that the AFP will raid us for commenting on this – but with this lot you never know.

Lifestyle changes are no substitute for collective action. But personal carbon-cutting still matters – it’s a powerful way to signal the climate emergency to those around us, move the needle on policy and set bigger cultural changes in motion. Mike Berners-Lee lays out a nine-step carbon detox.

Lifestyle changes are no substitute for collective action. But personal carbon-cutting still matters – it’s a powerful way to signal the climate emergency to those around us, move the needle on policy and set bigger cultural changes in motion. Mike Berners-Lee lays out a nine-step carbon detox.

Energy Minister Angus Taylor has shrugged off official data showing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions have risen for a third year, saying the figures ignore the contribution of gas exports to lowering pollution overseas.

Rules relaxed It’s not easy being the mother (or father) of dragons, but it’s just got a little easier. From July, there will be no need for permits to keep bearded dragons and 40 other native species.

As HBO’s Chernobyl miniseries wrapped up in Australia this week, there were reports bookings for tours of the infamous nuclear disaster site were skyrocketing — here’s what you should and shouldn’t do if you go.

An international team of researchers has combined demographic projections and climate scenarios across Africa for the first time. Their results reveal the number of people who will potentially be exposed to extreme temperatures.